1 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; 5 and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

1 Maar toe Sanb llat hoor dat ons die muur bou, het hy kwaad geword en hom baie geërg, en hy het met die Jode gespot

2 en voor sy broers en die leër van Samar¡a gespreek en gesê: Wat maak die magtelose Jode? Sal 'n mens hulle laat begaan? Sal hulle offer? Sal hulle dit vandag nog voltooi? Sal hulle die klippe uit die grondhope lewendig maak, al is dit deur brand verniel?

3 En Tob¡a, die Ammoniet, het langs hom gestaan en gesê: Wat hulle ook al bou -- as 'n jakkals daarteen opspring, sal hy hulle klipmuur omgooi!

4 Hoor, onse God, dat ons 'n veragting geword het; en bring hulle smaad op hulle hoof terug en gee hulle oor aan plundering in 'n land van gevangenskap.

5 En dek hulle ongeregtigheid nie toe nie, en laat hulle sonde nie uitgedelg word voor u aangesig nie; want hulle het U geterg teenoor die bouers.

6 Maar ons het die muur opgebou, en die hele muur is tot op sy helfte herstel; en die volk was met hulle hart in die werk.